Category: Dingwall, Muir of Ord, Black Isle

  • Distress Brief Intervention (DBI)

    About

    Distress Brief Intervention (DBI) is a 365 days a year service for people experiencing mental distress, aiming to reduce the pressures on frontline staff.

    DBI offers a quick, connected and compassionate response to people in distress. It’s a self-management proramme with face-to-face or virtual appointments, ensuring that an effective response to people’s distress with ensure it’s more likely for them to engage with and stay connected to support that may benefit them over time.

    There are two levels of distress:

    • Level 1 is provided by frontline staff and involves a compassionate response and signposting
    • Level 2 is when a referral happens, with supported provided by highly trained staff who contact the referred person within 24 hours. People will receive self-management, community-based support, wellness and distress management planning, and signposting for longer-term support.

    The programme runs in different areas of Scotland, with a lead agency in each area facilitating the cooperative work of a large number of different local partners. Change Mental Health is the lead agency in Highland.

    Referrals

    Referrals are made by frontline services, including GPs, A&E, Police Scotland and Scottish Ambulance Service.

    Contact

    Call the DBI team to find out more: 01463 710 963.

  • Your Resilience

    Delivered by: Change Mental Health

    Aims and Objectives

    Educational, preventative mental health programme that:

    · Supports young people aged 14-18 to build resilience and develop skills to protect their mental health through life’s transitions.

    · Provides interactive learning through using relatable scenarios like dealing with stress over exams, coping with uncertainty, managing social relationships, dealing with pressure around finding a job or going to university.

    · Includes staff training by educating educators, co-delivery of mental health workshops and provides a range of resources.

    · Gives tools and knowledge to help young people to adapt to times of change and difficulty in a mentally health way.

    Audience:

    · Teach young people aged 14-18

    · Support / work with young people in a non-educational setting, such as community outreach centres and youth groups.

    · Support / work with young people who are on the waiting list for CAMHS or young people who do not require further clinical intervention.

    Delivery Method:

    · We have qualified Training Associates available to deliver this programme in the Highland area in-person in non-educational settings

    Cost to Participant: Free

    Contact

    How to Book:

    · To find out more about Your Resilience and training opportunities in your area, please contact bloom@changemh.org

    · Young People’s Programmes (Change Mental Health)

  • Community Link Worker Service

    About

    The Community Link Worker service works within 62 selected GP surgeries across Highland, supporting adults over the age of 18 to improve health outcomes for people experiencing stressors in their lives due to social problems.

    The service uses a social prescribing model, which is a non-medical approach to improving health and wellbeing. It connects people with community services, groups and activities that provide the support people need, which could include counselling, financial advice, social groups, physical activity programmes, befriending services, and more.

    This could people who face multiple and complex challenges, including mental health, social isolation, loneliness, poor housing conditions, unhealthy relationships, poor physical health, discrimination, and more.

    Referrals

    Referrals are received from the GP to a Community Link Worker when there might be a concern caused by social factors, rather than a medical problem.

    Support

    The service is person-centred in its approach, getting to know the person referred by understanding their interests and needs. Up to eight sessions are offered with a plan of action to help feel a sense of achievement while increasing confidence to reach goals and overcome barriers.

    It’s important for Community Link Workers to build a relationship and shape support around the person supported. Progress is discussed after each meeting, focusing on a review of goals, outcomes and priorities. From there, people are socially prescribed to relevant services.

    Contact

    Contact the Community Link Worker Service to find out more:

    Email: CLWHighlandAdmin@changemh.org

    Website: Change Mental Health – Community Link Worker

  • Bloom

    Delivered by: Change Mental Health

    Aims and Objectives

    Educational, preventative mental health programme that:

    · Supports young people aged 14-18 to build resilience and develop skills to protect their mental health through life’s transitions.

    · Provides interactive learning through using relatable scenarios like dealing with stress over exams, coping with uncertainty, managing social relationships, dealing with pressure around finding a job or going to university.

    · Includes staff training by educating educators, co-delivery of mental health workshops and provides a range of resources.

    · Gives tools and knowledge to help young people to adapt to times of change and difficulty in a mentally health way.

    Duration: 1-3 hours.

    Audience:

    · Teach young people aged 14-18

    · Based at a school

    Delivery Method:

    · We have qualified Training Associates available to deliver this programme in the Highland area in-person in schools.

    Cost to Participant: Free

    How to Book:

    · To find out more about Bloom and training opportunities in your area, please contact bloom@changemh.org. · Young People’s Programmes (Change Mental Health)

    Contact

    Advice and Support 0808 8010 515

    advice@changemh.org

    Mental health and resilience programmes for young people

  • Dingwall & Districts Men’s Shed

    About

    Dingwall’s men’s shed run a welcoming community craft village which is open to everyone – male or female.

    • When: Wednesday & Fridays 10am-3pm
    • Location: Behind Ross County Football Grounds

    Facilities include:

    • Metal & Woodworking workshops
    • Polytunnel
    • Arts & Crafts Room
    • Quiet Room
    • Kitchen and Meeting spaces (Available for use by other groups)

    Contact

    For more information give us a call, drop us an email or follow us on Facebook.

  • WithYou

    About

    WithYou is a drug, alcohol and mental health support charity. With over 80 services across England and Scotland, we provide free and confidential support and advice to more than 100,000 people a year. Here’s what we’re all about.

    Contact

    Drug and Alcohol Support | WithYou

  • Unpaid Carers

    NHS Highland logo

    About

    NHS Highland recognise the essential role that unpaid carers play and wants to provide support to unpaid carers to live a life alongside their caregiving role.

    This is a centralised hub to help you find the services and resources for your need to keep caring.

    Contact

    Unpaid carers page on NHS Highland website

  • Big Health

    About

    Big Health’s digital treatments for insomnia and anxiety are safe, effective, and drug-free. No prescription is required. Big Health’s website’s include a resource page, which includes a Scotland pack and training videos

    Big Health has also offered to deliver training sessions or host a Q&A about these programmes, should you find that helpful.

    Contact

    Big Health Website

  • Partnerships for Wellbeing (P4W)

    About

    Partnership for Wellbeing (P4W) have been supporting happy, healthy lifestyles since the organisation started in 2004 through their health walk project and community transport service.

    Their two main services are their Health Walk Project, led by their Health Walks & Events Manager Jayne Preece, and their Community Transport, led by Transport Manager Fiona MacInnes.

    P4W work with volunteers as an additional service which provide benefits for those individuals volunteering and their communities.

    Further information can be found on the website, including details on:

    Contact

    Email: jeff@p4w.org.uk

    Phone: 01463 729 997

  • Canmore Trust

    About

    The Canmore Trust is a charitable company committed to impacting the suicide community with both suicide prevention and suicide postvention.

    • Working with schools, colleges and universities to raise awareness of suicide and to prevent suicide.
    • Establishing facilities in which individuals challenged by suicide and families affected by suicide can be assisted to rebuild their lives.
    • Training individuals with “lived experience” of suicide to provide support and assistance to others.
    • Facilitating a programme of research across UK universities investigating and identifying psychological and physiological risk factors in suicide.
    • Working across the suicide charities sector to co-ordinate and facilitate a unified approach to funding and action against suicide.

    Contact

    If you find yourself in a personal crisis, text ‘CANMORE’ to 85258.

    Email: admin@thecanmoretrust.co.uk

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